Cats


PHOTO GALLERY: The saddest missing pet posters

Here’s one to tug at the heart strings: a collection of lost animal posters. The saddest include the obviously-written-by-a-child poster for a lost cat who “answers to the name meow” and the photo of a young girl desperately clutching her puppy.

‘Miaow, Prime Minister’: the bureaucats of Downing Street

As David Cameron prepares to move into No.10 Downing Street, a vastly more important British civil service post has yet to be filled: the resident Downing Street cat. It has strong historical significance.

Why we dress pets like people

The science and psychology behind why we dress cats as Hitler and dogs like bees: we’re selfish, lonely and controlling.

Video of the Day: So your cat wants a massage?

It’s time for cat massage!

Drug use by animals is increasing

As suggested by anecdotal evidence

How cats control your brain

Finally: scientific proof that cats do, in fact, have secret powers of mind control and will eventually rule us all. All hail our new fuzzy overlords!

Roadkill of the Week: feral cat

Bob Gosford continues his graphic series of interesting roadkill he runs into in the Top End. Warning: innards on display.

Mystery cat travels by bus

A purple-collared English feline gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings — then jumps off 400m down the road, next to a fish and chip shop. Curious.

My cat died

It is very sad.

The Cats’ Whiskers: Geelong on the verge of a holy trinity

All that sits between Geelong and greatness is 120 mins of football … and a mighty challenger in Port Power. Can the Cats take what many see as rightfully theirs?